Tag: coalition
Wegner fails in the second round in the mayoral election in Berlin
Mayoral election in the Berlin House of Representatives Berlin The CDU politician Kai Wegner failed again in the election for the new Governing Mayor of Berlin in the second ballot.…
Wegner fails in the first round in the mayoral election in Berlin
Mayoral election in the Berlin House of Representatives Berlin The CDU politician Kai Wegner failed in the election for the new Governing Mayor of Berlin in the first ballot. The…
Traffic light: coalition committee ends without resolutions
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) (from left) This time, the traffic light coalition did not want to talk…
No peace in the coalition: traffic light leaders meet again
Berlin The last marathon meeting of the coalition committee was barely four weeks ago when the next meeting is already imminent. The top representatives of the SPD, Greens and FDP…
Exceptions when replacing the heating system? Clinics reject Lauterbach’s initiative
Karl Lauterbach The Federal Minister of Health wants clinics to be able to apply for the installation of a new gas heating system under certain circumstances in the future, for…
Berlin’s SPD members vote for a coalition with the CDU
Franziska Giffey and Kai Wegner After a vote by the Berlin SPD, Kai Wegner will probably become the new mayor in Berlin. (Photo: dpa) Berlin A coalition of the CDU…
Christian Lindner calls traffic lights to save
Berlin In the end it got personal. In the last three minutes of his one and a half hour speech at the FDP party conference, Christian Lindner spoke about himself.…
Christian Lindner re-elected as FDP chairman
Christian Lindner Two more years leader of the Liberals. (Photo: IMAGO/serienlicht) Berlin The FDP has confirmed its chairman Christian Lindner for another two years in office. At the federal party…
A minister is at the center of the climate dispute – and the traffic light crash
Berlin No matter how sharply the Green coalition partner criticizes the Federal Transport Minister, Volker Wissing goes his own way stoically. On Wednesday, the FDP politician answered questions from the…
The next coalition crash is approaching at 30 km/h in cities
Berlin. It is only an adjective that can be found in the most recent decision of the coalition committee of the SPD, Greens and FDP. But it has what it…
The Progress Coalition can only be successful together with the federal states
The federal government is debating the 2024 budget. Expenditure and income diverge. Should the sensitive federal-state financial relationships serve as a quarry for consolidation? Apparently yes, according to the traffic…
Lauterbach lets stoner dreams burst
cannabis plants According to the traffic light plans, up to three plants should be allowed to be grown at home. (Photo: Getty Images) Sometimes you have to take one step…
Netanyahu brings back sacked defense minister
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu There had been protests against the dismissal of Defense Secretary Galant. (Photo: dpa) Tel Aviv Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reversed the dismissal of Defense…
Centre-left parties agree on coalition agreement
Kaya Kallas The Estonian Prime Minister can continue to govern. (Photo: AP) Tallinn Less than five weeks after parliamentary elections, Estonia has a new governing coalition. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’…
Almost every second dissatisfied with the climate policy of the traffic light
Federal Climate Minister Habeck The rules of the climate protection law were relaxed last week, which caused dissatisfaction among the Greens. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Almost every second German thinks that…
Union expands lead – much dissatisfaction with traffic lights
Habeck, Scholz and Lindner Only 19 percent consider a new Bundestag election “in the next few months” to be likely. 67 percent do not believe this. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen)…
How Chancellor Scholz and the Green Party clashed
Chancellor Scholz, Deputy Habeck The rift between the SPD and the Greens in the coalition committee has a history. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Dusk is slowly falling over the banquet hall…
How Chancellor Scholz and the Green Party clashed
Chancellor Scholz, Deputy Habeck The rift between the SPD and the Greens in the coalition committee has a history. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Dusk is slowly falling over the banquet hall…
Defeat for the Greens, triumph for the Liberals?
Berlin The day after the coalition committee, the leaders of the Greens are doing their utmost to recapture the party’s dissatisfaction with the decisions. “Don’t let yourself be unsettled,” tweeted…
Traffic light is struggling – the coalition cannot agree on climate protection
Berlin The top representatives of the SPD, Greens and FDP negotiated in the Chancellery for around 31 hours, spread over three days. The result is a 16-page paper entitled “Modernization…